David Humphries

Difficult to see from these shots but the top few meters are regrowth from an older pruning. Looks like it could do with a hair cut .

That's a corker Gary, like Matty said above, what's the canopy like? .

It's had some reduction Matty, still quite tall. I've got some images on another computer, will put them up tomorrow .

Had money on you being first to post This stretch is Regents Canal. It joins the Grand Union at Westborne near Paddington. .

Ta da ! and it really is that simple .

I've been watching this copper beech for a few years waiting to see what damage the root crown would play on the wall. Looks like the lower section has either been pushed out by the roots or been removed. five years between these images .

Bit of overkill with the 'Intimidator' today, especially as the timber got put aside for the apprentice to earn his keep .

Not wanting to start yet another thread I thought I'd slip this one in here. Always interesting to view old threads Our weapon of choice at work is currently the PD400 Resistograph Before this we ran the Sibtec Digital Micro Probe and before that we ran the Arborsonic Decay Detector. Whilst dusting out the deepest vaults in the equipment shed we pulled out the old ADD which probably hadn't been used for somewhere in the region of 8 years or more. Plugged the original AA batteries in and it fired up, unbelievably ! Although it registered as "Low Battery" Changed the eight AA's with new ones and went out to try it on a 'compromised' beech tree that has had its fair share of Resistograph drillings. The ADD is a pretty invasive so and so, so its not surprising that it got superseded by less invasive technology. Prompted by a couple of posts in this thread we decided to field test it to see how the results compared against the Resistograph readings we've taken on this 'compromised' beech tree which has a combo of Ganoderma resinaceum and Fomes fomentarius going at it. Although we just about remembered how to set it up the "Low Battery" reading was still going on and the manual suggested this was due to the Lithium battery needing to be replaced. Looks like this isn't an easy item to get hold of with the wires and plug attached so possibly will have to get a lithium battery and carry out some soldering ourselves to get it back up and running to compare the two types of readings. If we're successful, I'll post up the results. .

Thought the idea of the Floating Forest Garden was brilliant .

Dropped a trailer load of chip down to the fantastic Camley Street Wildlife Trust nature reserve squeezed between King cross railway line and the Regents Canal A little oasis of nature, slap bang in the heart of the city. .

Grafted copper beech with developed Ganoderma brackets last two images taken eight years apart .

and these three silvers have Kretzschmaria deusta (first two trees) and Ganoderma sp (last tree) .

I'd concur to a degree but seek and thou shall find This silver maple (although now dead) has both Polyporus squamosus and one of the appla/australe Ganodermas fruiting on mass. .

That's one way to look at it .

Planted these conifers about 30 years ago. We took them down today for site improvements (from a horticultural point of view, that is) Bit of a shame really ! .

This is very good news, well done to all those involved. thanks for sharing Sean .

Glad you liked it Working around Hampstead gets us involved with all manner of artistic types. Can be a hindrance at times but has also often opened up some very interesting doors ! .

Seems to be blocked on some mobile devices but not all. Perhaps try watching it on a PC? .

Fine piece of homework here Chris. possibly a tad over enthusiastic in terms of the Level 4, but I get why you do it Your Fistulina image is more than likely the anamorph (asexual) stage of F. hepatica known as Confistulina. Not readily found in the texts Here's a link to an older paper..... http://www.cbs.knaw.nl/images/ResearchGroups/Publications/1983Stalpers0001.pdf here's an image of one we found on sweet chestnut at Whippendell Woods near Watford a few years ago .

a short piece done for the Reuters news agency....... [ame] [/ame] .

Not sure why you can't play it Paul, it's publically open and has had about 30 views. Try this link and let me know if it works for you .

Always room for a lunge .

Good find Would of liked to have seen some more upto date references being used. Dr Doick is just about to publish new research on Urban Heath Island effect Thanks for sharing. .

Last summer we had the privilege to be involved in the installation of this great design project. The concept was imagined by Robert McIntyre and Thor ter Kulve, design students at the Royal College of Arts in London. We spent an evening helping them to set it up for their end of year degree show. Here's some images of the process. The video can't be played on some devices. This may include some mobile phones, video game consoles, or set-top boxes. [ame] [/ame] The concept, design and build is now finished and Rob and Thor are ready to take it out in to the world for both commercial and charity projects. http://www.canopystair.com .

Was it this same presentation that he gave to the London Tree Officers Association around the same time? http://www.ltoa.org.uk/docs/LTOA-Mulches-Glynn_Percival.pdf .